HyperDic: genus_calanthe

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Calanthe:
NOUNplantgenus Calanthelarge and widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids
English > genus Calanthe: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge and widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids.
Member ofOrchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid familyenormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers
MemberscalantheAny of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus calanthe
Catalangenus calanthe

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